Machine for holding up ceiling-paper while hanging the same



(Mod'eL) A. GLBMONS. I I

Machine for Holding up Ceiling Paper while Hanging the same.

No. 230,404. d 'a tented'luly 27, I880.

".FETERS, PHOTGUTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFIeE.

ALFRED OLEMONS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR HOLDING UP CEILING-PAPER WHILE HANGING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,404, dated July 27,1880.

Application filed May 3, 1880.

0 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED GLEMoNs, of the city of Buffalo, in thecounty of Erie and State of New York, have inventeda new and usefulImprovement in a Machine for Holding up Ceiling-Paper while in Processof Hangin g the Same, of which the following is a specification.

The invention or improvement consists in the construction andcombination of the different parts of said machine, as. shown by lettersof reference in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view,in perspective, of my device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rollers. Fig.3 is a horizontal section on the line 00 00 of Fig. l, the differentparts being in an upright or working position.

The box or cylinderA is made of any length or size required, and oneachside, near the top or upper end, are fastened thereto, by butts andscrews, legs B B B B, of the proper length and size required, and toeach of said legs, opposite the bottom of box or cylinder A, is fastenedone end of braces O G G O, by bolt or screw, and the other end by a hookor pivot sliding into a hole made therein in a metal plate, D, which issubstantially fastened to the bottom of box or cylinder A. -A staff orrod, E, made of hard wood and of the length and size required, is placedin the hollow or cavity left in said box or cylinder A for that purpose,and on the top end of which is fastened a cap, F, made of metal, thelower end having therein a socket fitting onto said staff or rod E, andmade fast thereto by screws. The upper side of said cap is lefthalf-round, to receive and hold a metal cylinder, G, substantial] yfastened therein, and through which a rod or shaft, H, made of hard woodor metal, runs, and on each end are fastened, by screws or pins, piecesI I, which 1 shall designate arms, and in the ends of each is made ahole suitable to receive and hold therein the journals of rollers J J,which operate therein.

The rod or shaft H, running through cylinder G, to which the arms arefastened, may be moved back and forth-or roll in said cylinder G to anyposition required, and is made fast by a small pin, L, running throughholes made in or through cylinder G and shaft or rod H in such manner asto bring in use one or both rollers at the same time, at the option ofthe operator.

(ModeL) The object of the improvements in my invention is in making thehanging of ceilingpaper still more easy by the use or application of tworollers at the same time, they being distant from and parallel to eachother any distance required, and also on the same level, making twobearings for thepaper placed thereon, instead of one, and the operationbeing as follows:

The machine is set upright. The braces G G G O are made fast to boxorcylinder A. r The rod or shaft H is moved out, so that the ends ofrollers J J will extend outside of the bottom of legs B B when placednext to the end wall, where first commencing, equidistant from the sidewalls, and made fast by pin L, running through cylinder G and rod orshaft H. The

paper is theilcut into strips the required length, pasted, folded andtrimmed, and placed on the rollersJ J, which in an ordinary-sizedmachine are intended to be from five to six feet apart; then partiallyunfold both ends of the strip, slide up the staff or rod E until thepaper nearly touches the ceiling; and fasten the same by turning thethumb-screw K, run ning through box or cylinder A, and pressing againstthe rod or staff-E; then take one end of the strip to side wall, fastenit to the ceiling, smooth and adjust the same back to the last roller;then take the other end of the strip to the ceiling, fasten and adjustthe same, all of which can be easily done by one person without anyother assistance than a step-ladder.

After hanging the first strip, the staff or rod E being lowered, theshaft or rod H is slid back, so that the center of the rollers will beover the center of the machine, and so remain until hanging the laststrip and borders.

For hanging forty-inch paper it requires rollers of that length, thejournals thereof bein g turned the proper size and equidistant from theends, so as to fit into the holes in the ends of arms I I.

What I claim as my improvement is V In a paper-hanging machine, the capF, provided with the sleeve G, shaft H, arms II, and rollers J J, incombination with the standard E, box A, and legs or supports B, whenconstructed substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

ALFRED OLEMON S.

Witnesses:

ANTHONY J. ScHILLo, GEORGE A. BEYER.

